Business Operations and Strategy Lead

SandboxAQ
Summary
Join SandboxAQ's Business Operations and Strategy team as an experienced analyst. You will contribute to strategic initiatives, supporting product-led business units in their strategic execution. Key responsibilities include business model design, market analysis, financial modeling, and data-driven insights generation. This role requires a Bachelor's degree in a technical or scientific field (MBA preferred) and 4+ years of analyst experience in a fast-paced technology organization. Strong analytical abilities, business acumen, and strategic thinking are essential. The ideal candidate possesses a growth mindset, excellent interpersonal skills, and curiosity about various scientific and technological fields. SandboxAQ offers competitive salaries, stock options, generous learning opportunities, comprehensive benefits, and a collaborative work environment.
Requirements
- Bachelorβs degree in a technical or scientific field or equivalent practical experience
- 4+ years of analyst experience in a fast-paced technology organization (e.g., a startup)
- Experience designing and implementing business models, market models, financial models, and operational processes, including data collection and quantitative analysis
- Ability to dive into data, spot patterns, trends, and outliers, and to derive insights
- Demonstrated ability to understand complex, scientific- and tech-heavy business units and market
- Track record of identifying market revenue opportunities that have been translated to business growth
- Multicultural perspective and service leadership mindset with strong interpersonal skills adept at working cross-functionally and managing relationships across diverse teams
- Curiosity about and eagerness to dive deeply to understand new fields of science, new forms of quantitative AI, new markets, new customers, new partners, and new teammates
Responsibilities
- Support strategy development and drive execution
- Identify and solve problems
- Apply data-driven analytics to derive actionable insights (e.g., turning market, competitor, financial and internal performance data into actionable insights)
- Collaborate effectively with colleagues to build a strong culture of operational excellence
- Build business models, go-to-market strategies, core narratives, and drive alignment with product & business unit strategy
- Run market and other analysis for M&A and strategic partnerships
- Conduct analyses of market dynamics, customer profiles, and competitive and regulatory environments, and map value chains for our existing and future products
- Define and clarify target customer profiles that fuel alignment among product, research, delivery, and business teams, to drive product innovation, market fit, rapid iteration, and high-scale growth
- Become a market expert and ecosystem mapper
- Bring a can-do spirit and creative energy to every project
Preferred Qualifications
- MBA or similar
- Startup experience in fast-scaling environment
- Experience/understanding of AI, quantum technology, or related technical fields
- Experience/understanding of a science-based or tech-heavy industry β even better if itβs biopharma, cybersecurity, aerospace, medical devices, or financial services
- Expertise leading commercialization efforts to support successful product launches and market penetration
Benefits
- Annual discretionary bonuses
- Equity
- Competitive salaries
- Stock options
- Generous learning opportunities
- Medical/dental/vision
- Family planning/fertility
- PTO (summer and winter breaks)
- Financial wellness resources
- 401(k) plans